NOV engineer discusses artificial intelligence in May JPT

Innovation will be the main catalyst for the oil and gas industry to thrive as the downturn ends. Technological innovation will be a particular driver of economic growth, with initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI) primed to drastically improve drilling performance.

Automation and optimization have grown in importance as we've realized the value of combining surface and downhole data and automating repetitive drilling processes, and AI serves as the bridge connecting the two. Intelligent drilling automation, in particular, will be the step change the industry needs to drill smarter, smoother wellbores.

In a recent article for JPT, New Technology Electronics Engineer Nii Nunoo discusses the benefits of AI and its potential to impact the oil field.